Divisional Commissioner Berson Soljour, West Departmental Director (DDO) of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), which is the subject of an internal investigation by the General Inspectorate (IGPNH), has been temporarily suspended from its functions as a precautionary measure pending the outcome.

This investigation follows the incidents of 9 October, at the courthouse involving several lawyers, the DDO of the PNH and several police officers, the bar of Port-au-Prince accusing the Divisional Commissioner Berson Soljour of assaulting a lawyer during the hearing of a political activist.

An incident that provoked a strike by lawyers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25953-haiti-news-zapping.html , which has since disrupted the proper functioning of the judicial system and worsens the situation of persons deprived of their liberty, unable to find the services of a lawyer "hitting a lawyer in the performance of his duties is simply inadmissible" deplore the lawyers who recently signed a resolution demanding the resignation of Berson Soljour and that of Clamé Ocnam Daméus Government Commissioner.

SL/ HaitiLibre